Magazine

April 2020

v.147 n.4

Article

The Cant-Hunter

George Orwell was an ornery person, irritable and impatient, and he took an unholy pleasure in upbraiding his left-wing brethren. What would he say to the left now?

March 25, 2020

Article

The Orthodox Church & Social Teaching

A new social document from the Orthodox Church brings the political responsibilities of the church to the fore, tackling inequality, refugees, and many other topics.

By John Chryssavgis

March 23, 2020

Social Justice

Secularism and Modernity

Article

The Taliban ‘Peace’ Deal

With so little guaranteeing that the Taliban won’t continue business as usual, there’s reason to worry that life is going to get much worse for Afghans.

March 19, 2020

Article

In the Time of Pandemic

The coronavirus crisis will likely demand the kind of collective sacrifice not seen since World War II. It will also challenge how we live together in society.

By The Editors

March 19, 2020

Article

Biden, Past & Future

Joe Biden’s probable nomination is unlikely to satisfy those who want a revolution. But as a string of primaries has shown, they’re not the majority of Democrats.

March 18, 2020

Article

The Horror Story in Syria

As the humanitarian situation in Syria worsens, more refugees are attempting to cross Turkey’s eastern border. European leaders have let them down.

March 16, 2020

Article

A Light Extinguished

Lies and deception have compromised the integrity of the mission of L’Arche. But it has also responded with humility and integrity, and begun the work of healing.

By Michael W. Higgins

February 26, 2020

Article

Responding justly and humanely to the immense challenges ahead will likely require some kind of political realignment.

The Education of a Wonk

February 20, 2020

Article

Benedict & Vatican II

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI didn’t turn his back on Vatican II: he endorsed its core ideas, emphasizing the person of Christ and our role as Christ’s body.

December 28, 2022

Article

The American Parish Today

The U.S. church is not so much in decline as undergoing a profound transition, a reality we can and should joyfully embrace.

By The Editors

March 27, 2020

The American Parish Today

Article

Poem | Art & Mathematics

That building & that yield / sign a perfect parallelogram

By Judy Brackett

March 25, 2020

Poetry

Feature

Last Supper

This photo was taken was taken at a small Bible-based rehabilitation center in Georgia. It was a moment when everything lined up right.

By William Glaser Wilson

March 25, 2020

U.S. Catholicism

Arts

Closing Shot

Article

Poem | Servants and Instruments of Song—Marie Ponsot: Cento

The delicious tongue we speak with speaks us

By Kathleen Gunton

March 24, 2020

Poetry

Article

Poem | On a Cardinal Climbing Down a Manhole to Restore Power to 400 Homeless People

That day you quietly / Pulled the lid off the sky

By Michael Stalcup

March 24, 2020

Poetry

Article

Lord of the Leftover

The collection ‘Oblivion Banjo’ is a major work of American poetry by a poet who draws the reader into the inner workings of his imagination as few others do.

March 24, 2020

Article

A Not-So-Unlikely Messenger

Corpus Christi gives parish Catholicism a jolt of Protestant spiritual energy, reaffirming Christ’s message of love, delivered by a criminal-cum-priest.

By Rand Richards Cooper

March 24, 2020

Spirituality

Movies

Article

Bread Arrives

On Good Friday, we are asked to recall Jesus's Way of the Cross, and to walk with the destitute, the dying, and the outcasts.

March 23, 2020

Article

All worship is a symbolic structure. We cannot teach or speak of or enter into any of them without a grasp of symbols.

Letters | An exchange about the Eucharist as symbol, progress at seminaries

By The Editors

March 23, 2020

Letters

Article

Good, but Not Good Enough

Joe Biden has adopted Elizabeth Warren’s bankruptcy plan, reversing his 2005 position. But even with it, will he be able to address the underlying causes of debt?

By Matt Mazewski

March 23, 2020

Election 2020

Domestic Affairs

Article

Books in Brief

This month, our editors are reading nonfiction about the Weil siblings and ending child poverty, and poetry about Latina women.

By The Editors

March 18, 2020

Nonfiction

Poetry

Books in Brief

Article

Against the Infernalists

David Bentley Hart’s book makes the case for universal salvation, arguing that a belief in eternal damnation is morally repugnant and theologically insupportable.

By Karen Kilby

March 16, 2020

Theology

Books

Death and Dying